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U.S. patent law[]

Definition[]

Patent examiners are

engineers and scientists (scientific and technical professionals) who review and make decisions on patent applications.[1]

Overview[]

They determine whether the invention disclosed in a patent application merits the award of a patent.[2]

References[]

  1. GAO, Federal Real Property: Selected Agencies Plan to Use Workforce Mobility to Reduce Space, but Most Efforts Are Too New to Have Realized Savings, at 7 n.11 (Oct. 2013) (GAO Report GAO-14-41) (full-text).
  2. 35 U.S.C. §131.